Bielefelder breed standard?

[AShelDuck1]

Two of my Bielefelder hens.
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Yours looks like mine!

 

[AShelDuck1]

Two of my Bielefelder hens.
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The German standard looks almost black and white

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, I'm now minus one egg stealing snake over here today. I think it was a gopher snake. It sort of lost it's head. It was in the coop over with an egg when I took some lettuce out the for the chickens.

 

[BlueBaby]

The German standard looks almost black and white

It could depend on how bright the lighting is. If they are in shade or darker lighting they can appear black.

 

[jrwill13lv]

This was also pulled from this site translated from German....

Bielefelder Kennhuhn Breed Standard

Origin:
Greater Bielefeld; bred in the 1970s.
Description:
Fast growing, weather-proof, auto-sexing chicken with remarkable performance laying large brown eggs. Down coloring of the day-old chicks:
Cockerels: yellow ocher with light brown dorsal stripes and white barring on the head.
Pullets: light brown with rich dark brown dorsal stripes and small barring on the head.
Overall Impression:
Large chicken with straight and long dorsal lines and obtuse angle; lesser than medium height; preferably no shank showing.
Rooster Characteristics:
Barrel: cylindrically stretched; horizontally carried.
Neck: slightly curved; strong; with full plumage.
Back: long; level.
Shoulders: broad; not protuberant, well-rounded.
Wings: midsize; well closed; carried closely to the body; somewhat arched at the bow.
Saddle: broad; laterally rounded; with full plumage; without pillowing.
Tail: carried at and obtuse angle; coverts wide; covered with medium-length sickles.
Breast: deep and broad; lightly pillowed with good rounding.
Abdomen: full; broad; wide sweeping.
Head: moderately large.
Face: bald; vividly red.
Comb: single; with up to four to six serrated points; upright.
Wattle: oval; appropriate to the crest.
Earlobes: elongated; medium-sized; red.
Eyes: orange red.
Beak: strong; medium-length; yellowish horn-colored.
Shank: short; in large part hidden in side feathers.
Legs: medium-length; bald; yellow.
Toes: straight; well splayed out.
Plumage: moderately wide feathers; slight shank pillowing permitted.
Hen Characteristics:
Conforms to the rooster except for the gender determined differences. Great worth is placed on a deep, broad, and lightly bulged breast area. Broader, fuller, very distinctive abdomen. The long and horizontally carried back merges into an obtuse angle to the tail. In laying hens, a faded yellow of the legs and a lightly flagging comb is permissible.
Disqualifications:
triangular or extremely closed; lighter and narrower barrel; shorter or hollow-rounded back; flat, highly carried breast area; steep tail; over-posture; white in earlobes; abdomen not sufficiently pronounced in hens.
Colorings:
Standard Bielefelder:
Rooster: Neck and saddle feathers, upper back, shoulders, and wing converts deep reddish-yellow with light gray barring. Light gray tint on back allowed. Coverts barred gray, white, and yellow-brown. Breast and abdomen yellow to light auburn with lighter barring, lighter gray traces not flawed. The tail is gray barred, brown traces are allowed.
Hen: Somewhat brightened rust-partridge colored mangle feathers with flaky barring marks, which on the wings may appear as light spotting. Neck feathers gold-colored with shaft lines, through which hinted light gray barring is broken. Breast color reddish-yellow. Yellowish flakes in mantle plumage is allowed.
Disqualifications:
Rooster: gray barred breast and abdomen sections; missing yellow toning in mantle plumage; sootier neck hangings; white wings; one or more pure white sickle feather.
Hen: Strongly pronounced gray tones in mantle plumage; black back of head; black color inclusions in the breast, abdomen, and back areas; other than reddish-yellow breast color.
Weight: Rooster 3-4 kg, Hen 2.5-3.25 kg
Minimum Hatching Egg Weight: 60 g
Eggshell Color: Brown
Ring Sizes: Rooster 22, Hen 20

 

[Sic]

Man my hens are way more brown than that image

The hen in that image is a silver, very rare color. I don't think we have any silver in the states, could, but I don't think so.

 

[jrwill13lv]

The hen in that image is a silver, very rare color. I don't think we have any silver in the states, could, but I don't think so.

Greenfire farms has imported the Silver bielefelder and many farms seem to have them available this year.

 

[BlueBaby]

It is my understanding that Greenfire Farms imported 3 different years of this breed.